Traditional Trades Advancement Program – Rocky Mountain National Park – AmeriCorps

Position Title: NPS Historic Preservation Training Center – Traditional Trades Advancement Program – Rocky Mountain National Park – AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements - East

Site Location: NPS - Rocky Mountain National Park

1000 US HWY 36, Estes Park, CO 80517

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 05/18/2026
• End Date: 08/03/2026
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 450 Hours (12 Weeks)

Or

• Start Date: 05/18/2026
• End Date: 11/09/2026
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 900 Hours (26 Weeks)

Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements is an AmeriCorps affiliated program that provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and protect our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting the health of natural areas.

Stewards, in partnership with the National Park Service and Historic Preservation Training Center are seeking individuals to participate in the Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program. Members will receive introductory training in a variety of traditional trades and will develop an understanding of historic resource stewardship while helping to preserve our nation’s historic resources. This program provides participants with marketable skills and excellent exposure to the historic preservation career field within the NPS as well as the private sector.

Service members selected to support ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK will learn a wide variety of historic preservation skills in addition to working with a diverse and passionate cohort of peers. This opportunity will give members job experience, mentorship, and progressive skill building throughout the internship. The project goals of this service term include targeted restoration of front and backcountry cabins, drainage, and accessibility improvements to park campgrounds.

Description of Duties:

• Specific structural preservation/restoration projects

• Structural repairs to buildings, window restoration, painting, etc.

• Park preservation

• Walkways, stone walls, barriers, etc.

• Backlogged general maintenance support.

• Gutters, roofing, plumbing, drywall, plaster, etc.

• Log work
• Exposure to Masonry, Carpentry, and Woodwork.
• Assistance with historic backcountry and front country cabin maintenance
• Assistance with front country campground rehabilitation work that includes accessibility considerations and improvements.

Qualifications:

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• At least 18 years of age, Veterans up to 35 years of age.
• Ability to commit to a 12 to 26-week experience of combined training and hands-on work.
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an AmeriCorps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
• Interest in craftsmanship, history, and preservation.
• Willingness to learn and use hand and power tools.
• Valid driver’s license and insurable record.
• Professional, self-directed, and team oriented.

Our Commitment:

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that people with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use of program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process, please send a request to the hiring manager.

Time Requirements:

• Typically, this position is expected to serve Monday to Friday at a full-time capacity of 40 hours a week, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service
• Members may be required to participate in national, state, or local service projects or events as part of their service term.
• Fully On-Site

Orientation and Training:

• Members will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
• Members will learn a wide variety of trade and historic preservation skills in addition to working with a diverse and passionate cohort of other interns and peers.
• NPS staff will review and implement the park's backcountry travel plan with members to remain in compliance.
• Campus Orientation of McGraw Ranch
• Gutters 101
• OSHA and other safety training content which may include shop safety, hand and power tool safety, ladders, scaffolding, fall protection, equipment safety, hazard communication, blood borne pathogens, rodent management and exclusion.

Benefits:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $1,956.35 (12 Weeks)
• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $3,697.50 (26 Weeks)
• Living Allowance of $600 a week + Additional Benefit of $200 a week (equivalent to $20/hr)
• $1000 Professional Development Stipend
• Public Land Corps Hiring Authority
• Park Housing Available
• Loan forbearance if Eligible
• Interest Payments if Eligible

Evaluation and Reporting:

As an AmeriCorps member, performance will be evaluated on whether the member has completed the required number of hours, the member has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the member has met other performance criteria that were clearly communicated at the beginning of the term of service.

Reporting requirements include, but are not limited to, bi-weekly timesheets and accomplishment tracking.

Supervisor Name and Contact Information:

STE Program Staff:

Kahla Stewart

Program Coordinator

Stewards Individual Placements

(423) 402-6004

kstewart@conservationlegacy.org

Service Site Staff:

Danny Basch

Deputy Facility Manager

Rocky Mountain National Park

danny_basch@nps.gov

Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.